Screenlog

Celebration sing

The footage in this video was shot by Rick Buettner and Yola Albalat; I stuck it into iMovie and came up with this.

Silver is the daylight

That’s me, that is, with three of my singing buddies, performing at the 10th anniversary of Singing in the Round earlier this year. We sang this a little too fast, and I fluffed it in the third verse where I ran out of breath and had to miss out a word. Ooops.

Painting

(Old footage, given new life by the wonder that is iMovie 0

A walk round Fonthill Lake

We went for a family outing today, to the beautiful hills of south Wiltshire. The weather was fantastic, the landscape lovely to look at, the picnic just enough to fill our tummies. Barney walked nearly all the way - about four and a half miles, which is a lot when you’ve got little legs. I [...]

If I ever have to get a Proper Job again, please let it be in an office like this one

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Vimeo

Bjork in Cambridge (reprise)

I was there. I stood about 30 feet from the stage. I saw this happen, and it was without any doubt the most amazing, spellbinding, bewitching gig I have ever attended.
We knew it was being filmed - the show was put on just for that reason, since Bjork wasn’t touring at the time. I was [...]

Atmospherix

This video was taken by a camera attached to the side of one of the Space Shuttle’s boosters as it detaches and falls back through the atmosphere to Earth. It’s completely mesmerising, and completely surprising. I didn’t expect the noises, the hypnotic rotation, and the apparent smoothness of the ride. Watch right through to the [...]

This video may have saved me £80

YouTube was made to make DIY easy. Soon it will overflow with video tips on the proper way to put up shelving, solving the mysteries of the sand/cement mix, and how to make sure that things stay straight after you remove the spirit level.

Early morning runaround

Three-year-olds tend to have lots of energy first thing in the morning.